For the purpose of this article, the following
definitions shall apply:
ALARM INSTALLATION
Any fire or police alarm device or aggregation of fire or
police alarm devices installed on or within a single building or on
or within more than one building, or area adjacently located on a
common site, at a specific location.
BUSINESS LICENSEE
Any business, firm, corporation or other commercial entity
which is in the business of owning, operating, maintaining, installing,
leasing or selling a fire or police alarm device or devices or system
of fire or police alarm devices, which business, firm, corporation
or other commercial entity is an owner, operator, provider of maintenance
service, installer, lessor or seller of said device, devices or system
of devices.
CENTRAL ALARM STATION
Any facility operated by a private firm that owns or leases
a system of fire or police alarm devices, which facility is manned
by operators who receive, record or validate alarm signals and relay
information about such validated signals to the Police or Fire Department
when appropriate.
DIAL ALARM
Any fire or police alarm device which is a telephone device
or telephone attachment that automatically or electronically selects
a telephone line connected to a central alarm station or police headquarters
and reproduces a prerecorded message to report a criminal act or other
emergency requiring Police or Fire Department response.
DIRECT ALARM
Any fire or police alarm device connected directly by leased
telephone wires from the specific location to police headquarters.
There shall be payable to the Village of East
Hampton an annual fee of $50 for a fire or police alarm device or
devices installed on the premises of any owner or lessee. Such registration
fee shall be payable by the owner or lessee of the premises. Upon
failure to make any such payment, the Village shall have the right
to proceed by civil action to collect such registration fee. Failure
to make any such payment after written notice thereof has been given
to the owner or lessee shall subject such owner or lessee to the penalty
provisions of this article.
Any person, firm or corporation who does not
pay any charge or fee established in this article, or who violates
any provision of this article, shall be subject to a fine not in excess
of $250 for each offense. A separate offense shall be deemed committed
upon each day during which a violation occurs or is committed.